Sean Penn At Hugo Chavez Vigil, Praises Ailing Leader

Actor Sean Penn appeared at a vigil for Hugo Chavez, expressing good wishes for the Venezuelan President at the candlelight event in La Paz on Monday.

Penn was at the Chavez vigil to show support for the ailing socialist leader, appearing at the December 10 event in Bolivia and speaking words of praise through a translator.

At the Chavez vigil, Penn spoke highly of his friend and political ally, telling those in attendance that the President is an important force in world politics as well as a personal friend. Penn started:

“We admire President Chavez. For his courage. For his fair mindedness … He is one of the most important forces that we have on this planet. And I will wish him nothing but that great strength that he showed over and over again. I do it in love and I do it in gratitude.”

Penn also spoke of Chavez’s influence on him as an American, adding:

“I just want to say that from a very American point of view of my friend President Chavez, it is only possible to be as inspiring as he is – as a two way street … And he would say that his inspiration is the people.”

Penn’s presence at the Chavez vigil followed the leader’s third set of treatments for cancer — forcing the the Venezuelan President to continue therapy.

Chavez underwent the treatment in Havana while Penn and supporters gathered in Bolivia to wish him well — the actor had been visiting the country to support American jailed in the country on charges of corruption, Jacob Ostreicher.

nice you idolize a man who is so anti american, and you always mansge to get accsess to all our enimies… you must really suck up thr administration or state dept to travel this freely go back to ordering pizza in high school.

Sean has helped get the hikers in Iran released and was in Venezuela to try to get Americans release. These are good deeds. What Sean doesn't realize is that these enemies of the US are using him and his celebrity to gain support from other Penn followers in Hollywood who will speak out. Its great advertisement for them and it only costs them a few hostages. Sean is a puppet but his ego won't let him see it.

I prey that the Good Lord takes him.Chavez is such a "great"person (LOL) that he should not have to suffer the pains of being on this Earth.Senn Penn will probably portrait Chavez in the next biopic (LOL).On the aside, Senn Penn looks terrible.He looks like a homeless.Anyway he loves Chavez so much, he should join him in netherland (LOL).

Your warm, Cosmopolitian wishes are most appreciated. I am sorry that I did not have a new Che T-Shirt to present you on your last visit. But I've found an old Stalin T-Shirt that I think may perfectly fit you.

that was precisely the attitude towards Hollywood during the 1950s McArthy black list…I guess that american attitude has not changed a bit in half a century ( which is a creepy thing! , considering what the mentality against which Martin Luther King was fighting against back then is still alive and well in such -Attitude-…

I love how these celebs (e.g. Penn, Moore, Belefonte, Glover, etc.) fawn over dictators like Chavez and Castro, but you never see anything about wanting to move to Cuba or Venezuela. No, they think it's much better to mouth off here about how great those places are because they know that here the freedom to do so is protected. They would NEVER move to one of those places because they know that their freedom of speech would be severely curtailed. They don't really believe what they say, they're like Madonna, just trying to be outragous to revive their dying careers.